Month: January 2024

Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comJan 29, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 11:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Ben Simmons is set to return to the Brooklyn Nets on Monday after missing nearly three months because of a pinched nerve in his back. Simmons has played in just six games this season, none since Nov. 6, and has missed
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers are getting back one of their biggest pieces. Power forward Evan Mobley is set to return from left knee surgery and play for the first time since early December when Cleveland, which has surged while missing two starters, hosts the
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The top five of the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll remained unchanged Monday with defending national champ UConn still ahead of mighty Purdue, streaking North Carolina, defensive-minded Houston and Tennessee. There was plenty of chaos in the rest of the poll, where
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — Left-hander Danny Coulombe and the Baltimore Orioles agreed to a $2.3 million, one-year contract on Monday that avoided a salary arbitration hearing. Baltimore has a $4 million option for 2025 with no buyout as part of the agreement, and the option price
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Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 29, 2024, 10:28 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions On Dec. 7, the Franklin (Texas) High football team was preparing for a state semifinal game against
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Jan 29, 2024, 08:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal‘s racket from his 2007 French Open final victory over Roger Federer was sold for more than $118,000 at an auction Monday, ranking among the highest-priced such memorabilia. Nadal beat Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2007 final in Paris to win his third
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 29, 2024, 11:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After missing 10 of Indiana‘s past 11 games with a hamstring injury, there’s optimism that Pacers All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton will return to the lineup against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday, sources told ESPN. Haliburton suffered a Grade 1 left hamstring strain on Jan.
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ESPN News Services Jan 29, 2024, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As testing continues on New York Knicks All-Star forward Julius Randle‘s right shoulder, there is optimism that his absence will be measured in weeks and not months, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Randle, who has a dislocated right shoulder, won’t play for the
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 08:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis congratulated Italy on Monday after tennis player Jannik Sinner became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century. Sinner won the Australian Open title on Sunday, and Francis made the acknowledgement
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MARSEILLE, France — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has pulled out of next week’s Open 13 Provence in Marseille, organizers said Monday. The 22-year-old Italian player won his first Grand Slam title on Sunday when he defeated Daniil Medvedev in five sets, rallying from
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 29, 2024, 09:20 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Like every sport, mixed martial arts has a relatively established list of stars. Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko, for instance — UFC champions and the status quo
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Graham Hunter, Spain writerJan 29, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions Three important football coaches announced their impending departures across the past few days: Sven-Göran Eriksson, Jürgen Klopp and Xavi Hernández. The former two
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